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The “instituted sacred” and the “dreamed gods”: missionary organization and other organization metaphors

Abstract

We analyzed the organizational images present in the imagination of 25 owner-managers of organizations that produce and/or sell religious articles of institutionalized religions: Catholic, Spiritualist, Evangelical and Umbanda. These organizations are located in four cities of the Triângulo Mineiro region. For the collection and analysis of data, we used the structured interview technique and the content analysis method. The research is based on interpretive ontology and epistemology. The theoretical approach is guided by sociology and history studies of the religions, and metaphor studies. In the results, we analyzed the missionary organization metaphor as a conglomerate of images of the organization and we explored the relationship between thought, language and the action modes of the sacred (God) on the profane (the organization and its management).

Keywords:
Organizational metaphors; Images of organization; Social representations; Organizational discourse; Organizational symbolism

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